After Wen Chou's words were finished, Wen Yu on the side showed a relieved smile and thought: "Brother Lie, I'm afraid that my position as the head of the Wen clan is coming to an end." Jiang Cheng, the third elder of the township, nodded and thought: "Advance and retreat are orderly, thoughtful, and long-term, this son is unlimited in the future!" Of course, these Wen Chou don't know.

After listening to this, Du Yi frowned and pondered for a long time, and then glanced at the people: "In my contemptible opinion, what Wen Chou said is a way to achieve both, so do you have any suggestions or additions?" ”

Everyone didn't know that this was an order to agree with Wen Chou's statement, and what Wen Chou said was indeed feasible, entering the border to kill thieves, and retreating to protect the people's lives, so they were all silent.

Wen Chou also breathed a sigh of relief, if he didn't get the support of the township, he Wen Chou would not be able to organize the people in the township. Jun does not hear a township, there is a strong township, a township does not dare to speak, "people but smell the husband, do not know that there is a county".

Although there are ranks and Qiangfu who have jurisdiction over a township, and they only have a hundred stones or fighting food, but their power is very great, "the lord knows the good and evil of the people, and serves the people first, knows the rich and poor of the people, and how much he gives, and evens out his bad goods", and "listens to lawsuits". That is, in addition to public security, all matters such as the state's taxation, the determination of household registration, the collection and payment of forced labor, the settlement of households, as well as litigation, education, and persuasion of agriculture and mulberry farming, are all controlled by one person.

Only the three elders of the township, Jiang Chengshi, said: "What Wen Chou said is very complete, only one thing is not very appropriate, don't forget to guard the people from internal troubles, and let the villagers supervise each other to prevent traitors!" ”

Hearing Jiang Cheng say this, Wen Chou thought about it for a while, and suddenly he was surprised, isn't it! I don't know how many major events have been ruined by the appearance of internal traitors throughout the ages, and then he bowed solemnly to Jiang Cheng and said: "Thank you Jiang Gong for reminding me, the kid must keep it in mind!" ”

Du Yi looked at the three elders Jiang Cheng and the later Wen Chou with a smile and said: "There are Jiang Gong and Wu Wen in the township, but there is no danger!" Jiang Cheng and Wen Yu didn't dare to do it.

Seeing that everyone had no intention of adding, Du Yi cleared his throat and said aloud: "Since everyone thinks that this method is feasible, then the contemptible people have the courage to appoint the township You and Wenyu to take charge of the strong men drawn in the township, thinking that it is military, and the pavilions and lieutenants must wholeheartedly assist them to resist the thieves, and the contemptible people and the three old Jiang Gong and the township officials are in charge of the grain and grass to appease the people's livelihood in case of accidents." Do you have any comments? But I saw that Wen Chou's face was a little uncertain, after all, this was the method he proposed, and the appointment was without him! Du Yi also has his own difficulties, even if it is the method proposed by Wen Chou, but he is not the person in charge of the Wen family after all, and he needs to rely on the Wen family to resist the thieves, so he can't get around Wen Yu, the head of the Wen family!

Wen Yu had already seen Wen Chou's thoughts, and seeing that he was performing very well today, he also intended to let Xian, and said to Du Yi: "Since this law was proposed by Wen Chou, I think he has a case on how to organize the army, if he handles this matter, I am afraid it will be twice the result with half the effort, and I am also old, so I can't stand the toss." Hearing this, Du Yi stroked his beard and asked Wen Chou: "Even if Wen Yugong recommends you, Wen Chouer dares to obey!" ”

Wen Chou didn't know that this was Wen Yu and Du Yi who wanted to support him, and he was already very surprised, and then said loudly: "The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and he should make meritorious contributions, how can he not dare to speak!" The words were immediately passionate!

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Skipping how the township officials, pavilions, and lieutenants persuaded the people of Qianshou not to say anything, just talk about the scene of Wen Chou and You discussing military deployment.

You's name is Qin Zhang, a young man in a black robe, with thick eyebrows, about more than thirty, and is now discussing with Wen Chou in a side room in the official temple about the specific military deployment plan. There was another person in the house, about twenty-six or seven years old, with a terrible scar on his face, that is, Liu Zhong, the head of the Liu Pavilion who came at the invitation of Wen Chou, he was a well-known ranger in Hongxiang, who was born lightly and righteously, and the Zhou people were poor and anxious, so he was elected as the chief of the pavilion.

Wen Chou and Qin Zhang discussed for a while, but they didn't avoid Liu Zhong, and when they saw Liu Zhong sitting on the side, he didn't say a word, and couldn't help but say: "Brother Liu, I don't know what you think about this military deployment?" ”

Liu Zhongzheng was depressed, what did Wen Chou invite him to do? Hearing Wen Chou's inquiry, I couldn't help but be embarrassed: "Brother Wen Chou, I haven't read a book, I don't know what kind of strategy you said, I only know that I want to be righteous as a person, and I want to protect the people as an official, and now I am the head of a pavilion, as long as you don't violate these two articles, I will support you, and if I want to talk about deployment, it is difficult for me." ”

Wen Chou invited Liu Zhong to come from because he didn't expect him to have any high opinions, but he also had other intentions, the Qin and Han dynasties prevailed in the ranger culture, light death, heavy chivalry, the famous is like the famous Guo Xie of the whole country, followed by Wang Yue, who is famous in Beijing, and is also a famous county again, again like Liu Zhong, famous in the township, if it is a ranger, I don't know how to geometry? In addition, all rangers have a martial arts foundation, and they are several times better than ordinary Qianshou people, which is an important combat force for the current Shahe Township!

Wen Chou's fight is naturally Liu Zhong's well-known idea among the rangers around Shahe Township, as long as Liu Zhong takes the lead, I am afraid that the rangers in the surrounding towns and eight pavilions will definitely fight for the people.

"Brother Liu, you can't say that, valuing justice for the people is the biggest strategy, there is something here that depends on Brother Liu's support, and I'm afraid that Brother Liu can't do it!" Wen Chou held Liu Zhong's hand and said.

You Qin Zhang heard Wen Chou say that there was something that Liu Zhong was not capable of, and he was suddenly curious, so he couldn't help but poke his head over and open his ears to listen. Liu Zhong was even more confused by the second monk, and he didn't know what he had to do.

Wen Chou looked at the confused two, slapped his hand and said: "Okay, let's not go around in circles, can Brother Liu gather the rangers from the hometown, and it is best to gather the rangers from the countryside as well, so that they can be used by the people during this time." He turned to Qin Zhang and said: "As we all know, the ranger is the most dissolute and uninhibited, but for the sake of chivalry, this matter still needs to be done by Brother Liu." ”

When Liu Zhong heard about this, he patted his chest and said: "If this is the case, Brother Wen Chou can rest assured, even if you can't gather all the rangers within a radius of thirty miles from this place, you can gather seven, seven, eight, eight!" ”

Qin Zhang was also suddenly: "Brother Wen Chou, high, high!" Then he seemed to think of something and said: "Now, we have limited manpower, and we have fortifications such as trenches and horse rejections, so I am afraid that we will not be able to extract all the strong men in a hurry." ”

"Besides, even if they are all drawn, where will the weapons come from? There aren't many households that can have a refining ring head knife now! Liu Zhong said as he helped the ring knife on his waist.

ps: "Continuation of the Han Book and Hundred Official Chronicles": "There is a rank, the county office, the rank of a hundred stones, and a township in charge." The township is small, and the county has one husband. ”

Ranger culture: Among the rangers, the categories are complex, and the noble ones see the unevenness, draw their swords to help, make a promise, survive and die; The bad ones or call friends to attract the class, swagger through the market, or arbitrarily make country songs, and dominate one side. Due to the prosperity of rangers in the Han Dynasty and their huge social influence, they evolved into a state of mind, a pursuit of life, and became a cultural phenomenon.